Whey suction device
A clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products formed by a tubular casing material containing a flowable filling material. The clipping machine includes a filling tube for feeding filling material into the tubular casing material stored on the filling tube and being closed at the front end by a closing clip. The clipping machine further includes a closing device including at least two closing tools, being reversably movable relative to one another between an opened position and a closed position for placing and closing at least one closing clip for forming a sausage-shaped product. In addition, a suction device is provided, having at least a suction opening being located in the region of the front end of the filling tube for sucking a fluid segregated from the filling material into the tubular casing material while being filled.
1. A clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products formed by a tubular casing material containing a flowable filling material said clipping machine comprising:
a filling tube for feeding filling material into the tubular casing material stored on the filling tube and being closed at a front end by a closing clip;
a closing device including at least two closing tools, being reversably movable relative to one another between an opened position and a closed position for placing and closing at least one closing clip for forming a sausage-shaped product; and
a suction device having at least a suction opening being located below the filing tube and in a region of a front end of the filling tube for sucking a fluid segregated from the filling material into the tubular casing material while being filled, wherein a sensor is positioned in a region of the suction opening of the suction device.
2. The clipping machine according to claim 1 , wherein the suction device includes a suction pump and a suction pipe.
3. The clipping machine according to claim 2 , wherein the suction pipe extends along a surface of the filling tube.
4. The clipping machine according to claim 2 , wherein the suction pipe terminates in the region of the front end of the filling tube in a tube bent.
5. The clipping machine according to claim 1 , wherein a casing brake device is positioned in the region of the front end of the filling tube.
6. The clipping machine according to claim 1 , wherein a caliber ring is positioned in the region of the front end of the filling tube.
7. The clipping machine according to claim 5 further comprising a caliber ring that is positioned in the region of the front end of the filling tube, wherein a suction pipe of the suction device ends upstream the casing brake device or the caliber ring.
8. The clipping machine according to claim 1 further comprising a control device for controlling the suction device in accordance with a clipping operation.
9. A method for producing sausage-shaped products formed by a tubular casing material containing a flowable filling material, said method comprises the steps of:
feeding filling material via a filling tube into the tubular casing material stored on the filling tube and being closed at a front end by a closing clip;
forming a sausage-shaped product by placing and closing at least one closing clip by a closing device comprising at least two closing tools being reversably movable relative to one another between an opened position and a closed position;
detecting a fluid segregated from the filling material into the tubular casing material during the filling process by a sensor; and,
sucking the fluid by a suction device having at least a suction opening being located below the filling tube and in a region of a front end of the filling tube.
10. The method according to claim 9 further comprising the step of controlling the suction device by a control device in accordance with a clipping operation.